{"id":1446,"date":"2009-07-04T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/07\/thought-for-the-day-coping-with-information-overload.htm"},"modified":"2009-07-05T20:31:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-05T20:31:27","slug":"thought-for-the-day-coping-with-information-overload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/07\/thought-for-the-day-coping-with-information-overload.htm","title":{"rendered":"Thought for the day: coping with information overload"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I return from a well-earned family holiday, after what has been a pretty crappy few months, it seems like a pretty good time to remind myself of the key points from a magazine cutting that is permanently above my desk at home.  Entitled &#8220;Your Route to the Top: Coping with Overload&#8221;, this appeared in the December 2005 edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.managementtoday.co.uk\/\">Management Today<\/a> magazine and looks like good advice with which to reacquaint myself (indeed,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.managementtoday.co.uk\/news\/900693\/your-route-top-cope-overload\/\"> an updated version of this list appeared in the May 2009 issue of the magazine<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.managementtoday.co.uk\/\"><p>&#8220;<strong>Focus.<\/strong> Successful people are rarely frantic, and frantic people are rarely successful.  Take a close look at your schedule and clear out the clutter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make you time your own.<\/strong>  Is your diary driving you? Take control and be as careful with commitments as you are considerate of other people&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let go.<\/strong>  Trying to achieve everything is admirable, but impossible.  Realise that an active imagination will generate more proposals than there is time to get done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a single point of reference.<\/strong>  A master to-do list will triumpth over an abundance of sticky notes, text reminders and diary scribbles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prioritise.<\/strong>  What&#8217;s critical in the next hours, days or weeks?  Choose your priorities and fix a later time for less urgent things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ditch your dependants.<\/strong>  Are there people in your team who rely on your time?  Support them in solving their problems alone.  They will feel more confident; you&#8217;ll find more time to breathe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lighten the load.<\/strong>  Are there ideas where others can help?  Match interests to tasks &#8211; could someone else write the first draft or attend a new client meeting?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Break down big tasks.<\/strong>  Split a job into its components and tackle each part as needed, rather than struggle to do it all now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bring clarity through sharing.<\/strong>  Engaging others at the start can reassure you that you&#8217;re on the right track.  It also ensures their support and cuts the risk of having to invest time later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use others to estimate your time.<\/strong>  Research has shown that other people give more accurate estimates of how long something takes than the person doing the task.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get on with it.<\/strong>  Once you have worked out where your focus is, stop organising and start doing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also on my reading list whilst I was away were a couple of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themindgym.com\/\">MindGym<\/a> books that my wife bought for me some time ago and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0749922648?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=marsweblo-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=19450&#038;creativeASIN=0749922648\">David Allen&#8217;s Getting Things Done: How to Achieve Stress-free Productivity<\/a>.  Paradoxically, getting around to reading books like Getting Things Done, is something I&#8217;ve been consistently failing to get done for the last couple of years!  Let&#8217;s see if any of this reading helps me to be more effective when I return to work next week!<\/p>\n<p><em>[Postscript: I wrote this post and set it to publish whilst I was away&#8230; I never did get around to reading the Getting Things Done or MindGym books.  Nor did I finish the one about understanding my strong-willed child, or even the Harry Potter that I&#8217;m mid-way through.  I did manage to read a few photography magazines though and catch up on my backlog of Sunday Times motoring supplements! Never mind&#8230; maybe applying some of the actions above will help me to make the time to catch up on my reading!]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I return from a well-earned family holiday, after what has been a pretty crappy few months, it seems like a pretty good time to remind myself of the key points from a magazine cutting that is permanently above my desk at home. 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